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0x6F1 t1_iy3it12 wrote
Reply to comment by Shurqeh in Returning to normal relations with Russia would be a mistake, says Lithuanian president by hieronymusanonymous
And a lot of apologising and eating humble pie.
In about 1970 I was a 14 year old visiting Germany (I'm English) to improve my spoken German. I remember vividly being in Nuremberg railway station and a German teenager apparently jokingly gave a Nazi salute and said "Sieg Heil". I didn't see what had prompted this but the public roasting that she got from, presumably her family, was very dramatic. They had no way of knowing my nationality so it wasn't done in any way for my benefit.
My take on this incident is that 25 years after WW2 ended they were still super sensitive about distancing themselves from the years of Naziism and that phase of their history.
I don't have the feeling that Russia is even approaching that level of maturity and introspection and has the willingness to examine how they are perceived by other countries.
0x6F1 t1_ixy4hvq wrote
Reply to comment by shlam16 in Returning to normal relations with Russia would be a mistake, says Lithuanian president by hieronymusanonymous
I don’t think Russia likes grovelling. They have a weird and undeserved superiority complex and a huge propensity for lying but I don’t see much grovelling or apologising.
0x6F1 t1_j1f41gw wrote
Reply to Putin tells Russian defence industry to up its game for Ukraine war by evestipulate
But boss, we can’t get all the parts we need. Some of them aren’t made in Russia. The ones out of washing machines don’t work in tanks.